ABRAHAM BEAMECity College 1928, Comptroller and Mayor of the City of New York.

MARTHA DESAUSSURE BENTONNew York City College of Technology 1987, first black legal secretary in NYS Appellate Division, Second Department; spearheaded hiring of minority women throughout court system.

MURIEL A. HOWARDRichmond College (became College of Staten Island), NYC Community College (renamed New York City College of Technology), former president, Buffalo State College/SUNY; president, American Association of State Colleges and Universities.

FLORENCE HOWEHunter College 1950, a founder of women's studies, founder/publisher of the Feminist Press/CUNY.

BISI IDERABDULLAHBrooklyn College 1974, founder of Imani House, which assists low income youth, immigrants and families in Brooklyn and Liberia.